Methane hydrates occur in five geographic settings (or sectors) that must be individually evaluated to determine their susceptibility to warming climate (Figure 1). The percentages assigned to ...

Natural gas burns much cleaner than coal ... are trying to figure out how to tap the largest one of all—the methane hydrates that lie frozen under vast areas of seafloor and Arctic permafrost.

Resource-starved Japan is looking to methane hydrate as a new energy form. Large reserves of methane hydrate have been confirmed in the seas around Japan, but methane hydrate does not flow under its ...

Learn more about the National Academies’ various programs designed to connect, engage, and inspire. The NETL Methane Hydrates Program is a Research Fellowship Program designed to support the ...